Dennis Claxton

Dennis Claxton

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Forcing myself to say goddam out loud. I was walking home from school, probably 5th grade. It took several blocks to get the whole thing out.

Morgana@plantthugy.bsky.social

For those of you that abandoned organized religion, what was the “spark” that started your deconstruction arc?

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As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.

I am eating at a Salvadoran cafe in Pico/Union in Los Angeles. Saturday night and I’m the only one here. This is not normal. I asked my server how are things. She started talking about how slow things are in general. Her explanation was very simple. “La Migra.”

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who actually likes electricity? raise your hand. haha, i see a joker back there. but ask yourself: how many times do you turn on the light in morning, just for fun? what about the afternoon. never, right? and why are you staying up so late? our forefathers tucked themselves in at 6pm like god inten—

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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.

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The gap between the self-image that MAGA has of themselves as tough macho he-men and their constant pants-pissing fear of every goddamn thing in the world is bigger than the Grand Canyon

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."

This is part of what they want to kill. I saw this movie ,as well as Eraserhead, Dersu Uzala, Man of Marble, Pixote…. many more, at this film club run under auspices of the University of Oklahoma. Things have changed.

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In college, Laura Ingraham went to a Gay Students meeting. The next day, she published the names of everyone in attendance in the school newspaper, at a time when being outed was dangerous. So, yeah, appointing a menace to gay people is a GREAT selection to lead our nation's [checks notes] arts.

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